At the end of the Coast Classic boys' basketball tournament, depth and talent proved to be on the Mariners Elementary fifth-and sixth-grade team's side.
The Newport Beach school is the only elementary that can say it has won the Coast Classic every...

Forrest Ogletree's son, Brodie, wasn't much of a soccer fan a couple of years ago. The tournament that drew him in a little to the sport was the Daily Pilot Cup.
But Brodie really wanted in because his friends from Kaiser Elementary were also going to...

Will Davis II, the standout UC Irvine forward, is on the Los Angeles Lakers' Las Vegas summer league roster, the Lakers announced Thursday.
Davis closed out his college career by leading the Anteaters to their first NCAA Tournament appearance this...

Stanford small forward Anthony Brown, a former Ocean View High standout, was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 2015 NBA Draft on Thursday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Brown, who was the fourth pick of the round and 34th overall, becomes the 37th NBA Draft choice in Stanford history.
Brown, a 6-foot-7 small forward, averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for the Cardinal. He shot 42.8% overall and 75.1% from the foul line for his Stanford career....

UC Irvine men's basketball coach Russell Turner, who led the Anteaters to the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament for the first time in school history, has received a new five-year contract that will extend through the 2019-20 season.
Finalization of the contract agreed upon in March was announced Thursday.
Turner, who was hired as UCI's head coach in April 2010, signed an extension in November, 2013 that will be superseded by the new contract.
Turner, who is entering his sixth season at UCI,...

STANFORD — The notion that Cal held on for a 6-5 victory over UC Irvine in the quarterfinals of the NCAA women's water polo championship on Friday could easily be challenged by the viewpoint that the Anteaters, with untimely misplays, simply gave it away.
No. 5-seeded UCI, which was looking for its first victory over Cal, or any of the sport's Big Four that also include UCLA, USC and Stanford, in 10 seasons, instead fell to 1-74 all-time against the sport's aristocracy.
UCI (19-9) turned a 4-1...

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Augie Miller is one of those players Corona del Mar High Coach Steve Conti can always count on, no matter the situation. Whether the Sea Kings are playing an upper-echelon boys' volleyball team, an average team or one of the worst, Miller is going to compete every time.
Miller shows up and he has since his sophomore season two years ago, when late in the season he began starting ahead of a senior. Since then, Miller has held down one of the middle blocker positions and now he's a captain as a senior....

Corona del Mar High girls' basketball Coach Mark Decker talked with pride during the season about the number of two-sport athletes on his team.
Junior Natalia Bruening, the Sea Kings' 6-foot-4 forward, would be at the top of that list.
In volleyball, Bruening gets to float just a bit under the radar as a middle blocker. That's definitely not true on the basketball court, where Bruening continually gets double- or triple-teamed. Every team's game plan was to shut down No. 32 for CdM.
This used to...

When it was over, in a tidy 81 minutes no less, the seniors wore the ceremonial Hawaii leis and the entire team ran under and through the crowd's human tunnel.
But the UC Irvine men's volleyball team is now intent on laying claim to the program's fifth NCAA championship in nine seasons.
Coach David Kniffin's Anteaters have put themselves in prime position to make the ultimate run by closing out visiting UC San Diego, 25-17, 25-21, 25-15. The No. 4-ranked 'Eaters also wrapped up the outright Mountain...

David Baker, the president of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, couldn't help but laugh Friday at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach, where he told the story about giving Ray Guy some good news.
Everyone in attendance for the Ronnie Lott IMPACT (Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community, Tenacity) Trophy Watch List Luncheon also laughed.
Baker said he heard what he thought was Guy drop to the ground and then someone asking Guy if he was OK, as Baker told the punter he was going into the...